Hooping steip



- Sept. 25, 1928.

H. G. KELLY RooFING STRIP Filed Novs 27, 1925 Y Hav-rf Kelly 76am :4.

Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

UNITED STATES lsir,

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY G. KELLY, 0F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

ROOFING STRIP.

Application filed November This invention relates to attentuated strips adapted to be applied as a covering for the roofs or sides of buildings, and has for one of its objects to provide ornamental strips which may be produced without undue waste of material. Another object is to provide roofing strips of such form that they may be quickly applied to a building and will present an at tractive appearance. The invention in chicles a new and useful arrangement of recesses and wings for the strips and means for securing the superposed strips of a iow to the strips of a lower row in such ainanner that they will be effectively held to a roof and the injury or displacement from effects of wind or storms, as well as leakage, will be prevented. Another feature is to provide strips of such form and arrangement that nails and metallic fasteners used will not be visible and will be protected from the weather after the strips have been applied.

With the foregoing objects in view, and others to be mentioned hereinafter, the invention presents a novel and useful construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Fig. l is a plan View of one of the roofing strips. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing superposed strips. Fig. 3 is a plan View showing a part of a sheet cut to form the strips. Fig. 4 is a plan View showing a wing and notches formed in a strip. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the strips on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are detail views -on an enlarge( scale. Fig. G a plan view of a metallic fastener. Fig. 7 is a side view of the fastener shown in Fig. G. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 8-8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a section on line 9*9 of Fig. l, on an enlarged scale. Figi@ shows a modified form for a metallic fastener.

Referring now to the drawing in which like reference characters indicate like parts, the herein described roofing strips l0 are of such form that when disposed one upon another as shown in Fig. Q, they will present to view surfaces 'l1 which are uniform in shape and size and ornamental in appearance.

In order that the surfacesll will be hexagonal in plan when the strips l() are disposed in overlapped relation, said strips at one of their longitudinal edges are incised to provide outwardly convergent wings 1Q and intermediate, outwardly divergent recesses 13, the

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area of each wing corresponding to the area of each recess. However, the enact number of wings l2 and recesses i8, arranged in alternation along one edge of a strip is Ynot important, except that the length of the strips should not be too great for convenience of a workman when securing them to a building, -or when crating them for shipment, and while the strip shown is preferred, I do not wish to limit myself to the number of wings and recesses for each roofing strip. I

ln order that the strips may be effectively secured to a building I provide metallic tie* strips or fasteners 14 for securing the wings of an upper roofing` strip to a lower rooting strip. Each wing at its end is provided with an extension a, best shown in Figs. l and 3, and each extension is bent to form a tab l5, best shown in Figs. 5 and 8, to lie beneath said wing.

Each metallic fastener i4 is disposed between a wing and the tab l5, and preferably it secured to the tab, as by means of prongs Y) with which the fasteners are provided and which traverse the tabs, as best shown in Fig. 8. Also a modified form of fastener shown in Fig. l() mightbe attached to the lower side of the tab by means of prongs ZJ, bent upward for traversing the tab. However, the fasteners 14 may be secured to the tabs by any suitable means, and it is not necessary to operation that the fasteners be secured to the tabs` since each fastener is bent as indicated at o (Fig. 7.) adjacent to its ends, and is provided with end portions Z disposed in a plane adjacent to the body of said fastener; and in operation cach metallic fastener, when not secured to a tab, will be maiutaincd in engagement with saidr tab since, as will be seen. its end portions d will be disposed beneath a lower roofing strip.

It will be understood that, in operation, the strips are disposed end to end, the wings l2 and recesses i8 being disposed in alternation throughout the lengthA of a row, said strips being suitably secured to a roof or de of a building by use of nails lt?. A. second row of strips is then laid to overlap the strips of the first row and is secured in like manner, a third and other rows of strips heilig then applied. i i

By referring to Fig. S it will be seen that a standard sheet 17 may be incised to provide a plurality of roofing strips l0, each strip having wings l2 with extensions a without appreciable waste of material, apertures 18,

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rectangular in plan, being formed adjacent to the ends of the wings.

lVhile no mechanism is shown for use in incising sheets l? to form the strips and apertures, it will be understood that this may be accomplished in the usual way, by moving the sheets between cutting rollers.

YIt will be. seen that when the, strips have been separated from. tl e sheet 1.7, notches e will be formed near the junction of the wings with the body of the roo ting strip, each notch hztving` an 'edge disposedy longitudinally of the strip to operate as` a, stop-member and` having an edge f/ disposed` transversely ofthe strip to operate ask a, guide. Also, as best shown inlfig. l, notches c will be formed in theA wings at the ends of the tabs a, said notches c having edges 71. disposed approximatel parallel with the edges g.; and since the distance between said edges 71, of notches c is less than the distance between the edges g of the notches c, secondary recesses will be formed as best shown in Fig. S, between the edges g and 71.` for receiving the curved parts c of the metallic fasteners lll when an upper strip has been disposed upon a lower' strip.

It will be seen that the work of securing the strips to a roof in overlapped relation may be speedily accomplished. each strip of an upper row having a sliding movement upolra nd transversely of the strips of a lower row, the curved parts o of the metallic fasteners engaging in the secondary recesses L', and the end-portions (Z of each fastener being disposed beneath. the lower strip.

Accordingto the construction as shown and described, the` tabs operate to reinforce the wings, and the metallic fasteners also reinforce the wings. Also the fasteners operate to great advantage in securing. the wings of an upper strip to a lower strip. lft will be noted that the metallic fasteners are well protected since they are disposed for the most part beneath the wings of the upper strips and beneath the lower strips, the nails 16 being covered by the strips of an upper row;

lVhen moving an upper strip for the purpose of securingit to alower strip, the edges f/ operate as guides for the metallic fasteners 141-, no particular attention of a workman being required for causing the parts to register correctly.` and the upper strip may be moved until the edges areengagcd by the fasteners lll, said edges j' operating as stopn'iembers for preventing any further movement of said upper strip; and after the fasteners engage the edges f. said upper strip may be secured to the roof by use of the nails mentioned.

It is considered that it would be within the scope of the invention to enlarge the notches e by removing the edges 7" so that the edges f/ would extendl to the 'edges m between the wings of the strips, this being accomplished by incising the strips in aligl'mient with the intersecting, dotted lines n and p shown in Fig. 4.

lf the .notches c were thus enlarged each edge m, between the wings l2 would operate as a buffer or stop since the metallic fasteners may have any suitable width, and may have such a width that they will engage the edges 1n, to limit a movement in one direction of an upper stripwhen it is placed in position upon a lower strip,

Also while it has been stated that the edges g operate as guides for the metallic fasteners, this construction being preferred, it is considcred. to be within the scope of the inyention to dispense with the notchesqthe edges g and the outwardly convergent edges of the wings operati ng as guides. It is appreciated, of course, that sutlicient space should be provided at the ends of the tabs to permit the parts (Z to be disposed below a lower strip l0,V

and the recesses provide this feature, but the length of the tabs mayi be4 decreased if desired so that the space between theirvends and the edges of the wings would permit the endsd ol" the fasteners to be disposed below a lower strip.

Furthermore it isconsidered that it rwould be within the scopev ot', the invention to increase the length of the tabs 1,5 and to eliminate the recesses by incising the win along the lines g and fm so that the length of the inner edge of the tab 15 would be approximate-ly equal to the length of the edge in., and in the application of the superposed strips the transverse edges of the tabl?)4 would engage with edges g to prevent longitudinal misplacement, and the inner edge of the tab l5 wouldengage the edge mto limit the transverse motion of the superposed sheet, the tab l5 being inthesame plane as the wings of the lower strip, metallic fasteners 20 being attachedv to the lower side of tabs 15, their end-portions engaging the lower side of the adjacent strip to provide secure fastening of the wings of the superposed strip in the manner hereinbefore` described.

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1. A rooting strip havingnn edgeprovided with spaced tabs having substantially complementary intermediate recesses, the upper side edges of said tabs being provided with right angular portions projecting into therec Y es, the lowerI edges of said portions providing a stop, and at least part of the upper edges of said tabs being formed at substantially right angles to the said lower edge of said right angular portions to form guiding means, stiif fastening means carried by` each tab having ben t portions projecting laterally f ronithe lower side edges of said tabs, whereby an overlying strip may be moved upwardly so that the outer part ofthe bent portions of its fastening means will engage beneath the tabs of an underlying strip whilethe other part of the bent portions will engage the said guiding means and stop of said underlying strip.

2. A rooting strip having an edge provided with spaced tabs having substantially complementary intermediate recesses, the upper side edges ot said tabs being provided with right angi'ilar portions projecting into the recesses, the lower edges oit said portions providin,1 a stop, and at least part of the upper edges oit said tabs being formed at substantially right angles to the said lower edge ot said right angular portions to form guiding means, stilii fastening means comprising a metallic band carried by each tab having bent portions projecting laterally from the lower side edges oit said tabs, whereby an overlying strip may be moved upwardly so that the outer part o't the bent portions ot' its fastening means will engage beneath the tabs of an underlying strip while the other part of the bent portions will engage the said guiding means and stop of said underlying strip.

3. A rooting strip havingI an edge provided with spaced tabs having substantially complementary intermediate recesses. the upper side edges of said tabs being provided with right angular portions projecting into the recesses, the lower edges of said portions providing a stop, and at least part of the upper edges of said tabs being formed at substantiallv right angles to the said lower edge of said right angular portions to form guiding means, stitf fastening means carried by an underturned lower edge ot each tab having bent portions projecting laterally from the lower side edges et said tabs, whereby an overlying strip may be moved upwardly so that the outer part of the bent portions of its fastening means will engage beneath the tabs of an underlying strip while the other part of the bent portions of its Vtastening means will engage beneath the tabs of an underlying strip while the other part otl the bent portions will engage the said guiding means and stop of said underlying` strip.

4. A rooting strip having an edge provided with spaced tabs having substantially complementary intermediate recesses, the upper side edges ot said tabs being provided with right angular portions proiecting into the recesses to torni a narrowed recess, the lower edges ot said portions providing' a stop, and at least part of the upper edges of said tabs being formed at substantially right angles to the said lower edge of said Aright angular portions to form guiding means, stili3 fastening means carried by an underturned lower edge ot each tab having bent portions pron jecting laterally from the lower side edges ol said tabs, whereby an overlying strip may be moved upwardly so that the outer part of the bent portions ot its fastening means will engage beneath the tabs of an underlying strip while the other part ot the bent portions will engage the said guiding means and stop ot said underlying strip and the said underturned lower edge will be received in said narrowed recess.

In testimony whereof, I have afl'iXed my signature.

HARRY G. KELLY. 

